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Pingxiang

Syllables: Ping·xiang

Pingxiang proper noun: a prefecture-level city of Jiangxi, China.

Proper noun (1)

Pingxiang

  1. A prefecture-level city of Jiangxi, China.
    • In 2000, an oxygen generator explosion killed at least 19 workers at a steel plant in Pingxiang in the eastern province of Jiangxi.2007 August 9, “Molten steel bursts through windows in China tragedy”, in Reuters, archived from the original on 11 Jan 2026

Proper noun (2)

Pingxiang

  1. A county-level city of Chongzuo, Guangxi autonomous region, China.
    • The Vietnamese MIG-21 was fired on as it flew over Pingxiang in the southwest Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, the agency said.
      "The plane was on a reconnaissance mission," it said. "The aircraft turned back to Vietnam after the incident."1984 March 29 [1984 March 28], “AROUND THE WORLD; China Reports Firing On Vietnamese Plane”, in The New York Times, sourced from AP, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 24 May 2015, World

Origin of Pingxiang

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 萍鄉 /萍乡 (Píngxiāng).

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 憑祥 /凭祥 (Píngxiáng).

Questions about Pingxiang

What does Pingxiang mean?
Pingxiang means a prefecture-level city of Jiangxi, China.
What part of speech is Pingxiang?
Pingxiang is a proper noun.

Words near Pingxiang in the dictionary

  1. pinguipedid
  2. pinguipedids
  3. pinguitude
  4. Pingwu
  5. Pingxi
  6. Pingxiang
  7. pingy
  8. Pingyang
  9. pingyangmycin
  10. Pingyao
  11. Pingyu

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